Saturday, June 28, 2014

Les Créatives

La Vie Est Belle

à Bushwick

Life is beautiful in Bushwick (Brooklyn that is). Yesterday I paid a visit to my friend, milliner Lola Ehrlich, in her Bushwick studio. I really love going to Brooklyn as it evokes my long-ago days on the urban frontiers of Philadelphia. Industrial buildings, streets empty of traffic, and colonizations of creative types with the vision to grab a good thing when they see it: space at reasonable cost.

Lola is French so I can speak a few mots with her. And while we were at lunch at a charming restaurant called Northeast Kingdom, she taught me some naughty phrases like what you call an overnight bag (baise en ville) and a phrase for an assignation (cinq à sept). You can look up the first one, but the second one means 5 to 7. Don't ask me how we got on this topic!

Bushwick is burgeoning. It's becoming sophisticated and arty. The large warehouse and manufacturing buildings lend themselves perfectly to modern living lofts with white walls and Roche-Bobois velvet sofas.

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ABOUT ME

I'm an artist and milliner living in New York City. I study French, travel and adore la mode. I like to toss bons mots, maintain my credentials as a culture vulture and make ironic comments.
Photo by Ari Seth Cohen of Advanced Style.